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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is weathering?????????????? | the act of breaking rock with wind, water, and ice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| what is erosion????????????????? | the act of wearing down land!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| What is deposition?????????????? | the act of dropping sediment!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| how does igneous rock form?????? | it forms when magma cools and hardens making new rocks!!!!!!!!!!! Granite is an example |
| how does sedimentary rock form?? | It forms when minerals form from sediment from older rocks get compressed or cemented and makes rocks!!!!! |
| How does metamorphic rock form?? | it forms when pressure,temperature, and chemical processes change existing rock !!!!! gneiss is an example |
| What is the rock cycle????????? | the process were rocks change into different rocks.! |
| What is an uplift??????????????? | the raising of the crustal regions to lift to higher elevations!!! |
| what is subsidence?????????????? | the lowering of the crust below lower elevations!! |
| what is a rift zone????????????? | it is an area where a set of deep cracks form!!!!! |